The Health Crossroad with Dr. Doug Elwood and Dr. Tom Elwood

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Health care is currently at a crossroad. It represents 18 percent of GDP in the United States, the largest economy in the world, and faces multiple challenges but with many opportunities for improvement. Health permeates the life of every individual in some form or fashion. The Health Crossroad explores this world. We invite you to listen and participate, both on our podcast and our accompanying website, where we will post summaries and key concepts from each interview as well as advice and facts related to the world of health. Get an unbelievable look at health, through the eyes of those who live it, 7 days a week during your daily commute, exercising, or just learning. Each show provides gaps and solutions that you will not want to miss!

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Katherine Milkman is an Assistant Professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research relies heavily on "big data" to document various ways in which individuals systematically deviate from making optimal choices. Her work has paid particular ...

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06.30.2014 88: Katherine Milkman: Leading Wharton Professor Using Big Data to Explore Health Behavior Katherine Milkman is an Assistant Professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research relies heavily on "big data" to document various ways in which individuals systematically deviate from making optimal choices. Her work has paid particular ...
06.27.2014 87: David O'Bryon: National Leader in Legislation and Government Policy Attorney David O’Bryon is founder and president of O’Bryon & Company. With more than thirty years of association and government experience, he has served organizations as an executive, consultant, and volunteer. He registered as a lobbyist before the U.S. Congress ...
06.20.2014 Topic Update 7: Stress In The US This podcast is about stress in the United States. Depending on an individual’s age, gender, race and ethnic/racial background, stress is a common feature in the lives of many Americans. It can begin early in life for students who worry ...
06.12.2014 Pause: The Health Crossroad On Hold During Acquisition/Partnership Negotiations For the first three months of The Health Crossroad, a new item was added on a daily basis. Negotiations are underway however,with two potential acquirers/partners for the program and site. Until a decision is finalized, new material will be posted ...
06.11.2014 86: Jerry Kennedy: Changing The Focus On Health And Pain Through Passion and Commitment Dr. Jerry Kennedy is a chiropractor, an author, and I’m happy to say, a podcaster, with one of the top-ranked new shows on iTunes in health! Dr. Kennedy’s journey began when he realized the importance of himself in feeling great ...
06.10.2014 85: Matt Hendricks: Driving Change Through Digital, Gamification, and A Focus On Outcomes Matt Hendricks is a Principal Consultant at Pharmica Consulting. Matt has worked in life sciences for nearly 20 years, splitting his time between Informatics and R&D; Portfolio planning. Matt specializes in collaboration and decision support with experience as varied as ...
06.09.2014 84: Dr. Roy Meyer: Cardiologist From Kaiser Discusses Evolution of Health, Adherence, Technology, And More Dr. Roy Meyer is a seasoned professional of the healthcare system, having spent over 35 years practicing cardiology and internal medicine for Kaiser. He initially earned his BA at Yale University in Art History before pursuing his medical degree at ...
06.08.2014 83: Matt Hall: Entrepreneur Creating Platform For Improvement Matt Hall is CEO of Human Care Systems, which he started in 2008 to provide service and support to help clinicians and patients better manage complex diseases. Prior to starting Human Care Systems, Matt co-founded the Kerdan Group, a biopharma ...
06.07.2014 82: Amy Nicole Nayar: Multi-Dimensional Leader in Health Advocacy, Outcomes, Executive Coaching, and Patient Empowerment Dr. Amy Nicole Nayar is an Advocacy & Outcomes Research Leader with a 15-year track record of successfully driving Market Access within the pharmaceutical industry. A passionate patient advocate, Amy Nicole has a natural ability to create patient access right ...
06.06.2014 Topic Update 6: Music and Health This podcast is about music and its relationship to health. Music in one form or another is something that has been in existence for as long as when humans first inhabited the earth. Whether instrumental or vocal, music has served ...
06.05.2014 81: Dr. Seymour Gers: Long-Term Health Expert Provides Insider Glimpse of Health Today Dr. Seymour Gers has garnered a tremendous wealth of experience and expertise in healthcare through the last 50+ years as an administrator, physician, and educator in the system. He has held a number of leadership positions in multiple hospitals including ...
06.04.2014 80: Dr. Moshe Ben-Roohi: Pain Management and Functional Expert Provides In-Depth Look at These Critical Topics Dr. Moshe Ben-Roohi is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Board Eligible in Pain Management and Electrodiagnostics. His practice focuses on non-surgical, personalized treatments for painful conditions of the spine, joint, tendon and ligament disorders. Dr. Ben-Roohi has ...
06.03.2014 79: Russell Benaroya: Mission to Improve 10 Million Lives in 10 Years Russell Benaroya is the co-founder and CEO of EveryMove, a rewards plan for health that connects health tracking apps, wearables and device data with rewards from health plans, employers and brands. As he drives a personal mission to improve the ...
06.02.2014 78: Robyn Stone: International Leader in Long-Term Care and Aging Dr. Robyn I. Stone, a noted researcher and leading international authority on aging and long-term care policy, is Executive Director of the LeadingAge Center for Applied Research and Senior Vice President of Research. Prior to accepting this position, she was ...
06.01.2014 77: Dr. Ashwin Patel: Researcher, Teacher, and Entrepreneur Discusses Health Care Gaps Dr. Ashwin R. Patel is a physician economist with a strong research interest in disease management, behavioral economics, and health care quality. In particular, he is focused on translating evidence-based academic insights into the actual delivery of health care. He ...
05.31.2014 76: George Cernada: Public Health Expert Discusses Challenges and Opportunities in Health And Importance of Real-World Experience Dr. George Cernada is Emeritus Professor of Public Health at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Editor of the International Quarterly of Communication Health Education, a journal that he founded. He has extensive public health research, program planning/evaluation, professional ...
05.30.2014 75: Dr. Chris Marker: Concussion And Pain Medicine Leader Provides Insider Look At Current State Within Health Dr. Chris Marker is a leading physician in the area of concussions. After completing his training at NYU in PM&R;, Dr. Marker joined the Sport Concussion Clinic in Riverside Ca as Director and has been working at the Community Medical ...
05.29.2014 74: Paula Friedman: Specialist in Geriatric Dentistry Discusses Oral Health Care of Older Patients Dr. Paula Friedman is a Professor in the Department of General Dentistry in the Harry M. Goldman School of Dentistry at Boston University. A specialist in geriatric dentistry, her research interests focus on health services and specifically on increasing access ...
05.28.2014 73: Dr. Gerasimos Petratos: Using Technology to Unlock New Frontiers in Health Data and Discovery Dr. Gerry Petratos co-founded and leads Hiteks Solutions as CEO and guides its efforts on unstructured data analytics and the re-use of clinical information to support decision support, clinical documentation improvement, clinical research, and reimbursement. Dr. Petratos was previously director ...
05.27.2014 72: Dr. Navin Singh: Top Plastic Surgeon Provides Insider Glimpse at Health Reform and Advances in Patient Care Dr. Navin Singh is a Board-Certified plastic surgeon in private practice and an Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also is a clinical assistant professor of Neurosurgery as well as Gynecology. He ...
05.26.2014 71: Deborah Discenza and Suzanne Staebler: Leading the Way to Improved Care for Preemies Deborah Discenza is a leading patient advocate for babies born prematurely. Combining careers in technology and publishing, Ms. Discenza has initiated several different outlets to raise awareness and education around preemies, including Preemie Magazine, PreemieWorld, and her book The Preemie ...
05.25.2014 70: Thomas Rice: Behavioral Economist Discusses How Individuals Act Regarding Health Matters Dr. Thomas Rice is Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health where he teaches courses in health economics, research methodology, and current issues in health policy. He served as Vice Chancellor, Academic ...
05.24.2014 69: Dr. JR Rizzo: Physician Entrepreneur Changing The World Through Innovation Dr. JR Rizzo is a board-certified physician specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is a researcher at NYU Langone Medical Center and is well versed in exercise physiology and the interplay between physical ailments and medical diseases. Dr. Rizzo ...
05.23.2014 68: Tim Jost: Law Expert On The Affordable Care Act Discusses This Pivotal Legislation Timothy Jost is a law professor at the Washington and Lee University School of Law. He is a co-author of a casebook that is used widely throughout the United States in teaching health law. He also is the author of ...
05.22.2014 67: Andrew Jablonski: Patient Advocate Changing Lives of Patients and Caregivers Mr. Andrew Jablonski is a leading voice in patient advocacy. He is the Founder and CEO of the Short Bowel Syndrome Foundation, a charity organization that supports the community of patients and caregivers who are impacted by the rare intestinal ...
05.21.2014 66: Steve Wilson: Allied Health Leader Working With The DoD For Veterans Dr. Stephen Wilson is retired from The Ohio State University where for 20 years he served as Director, School of Allied Medical Professions and Associate Dean, College of Medicine. During this time he led a nationally recognized school of allied ...
05.20.2014 65: Katherine Leon: Fighting For Better Education and Awareness on Women's Cardiovascular Health Katherine Leon is a leading patient advocate and is co-founder with Rachel Doucette of the SCAD Alliance, a health nonprofit focused on improved care and outcomes of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, an underdiagnosed form of heart attack and sudden death. ...
05.19.2014 64: Carole Timpone: Leading Optometrist Discusses Key Elements of Health In Future Dr. Carole Timpone is the Associate Dean of Clinical Programs at Pacific University College of Optometry in Oregon. She served as the Director of the Pacific University Eye Clinic in Portland, Oregon, for over 15 years. She received Pacific’s President's ...
05.18.2014 63: Judy Messina: Leading Health Writer on Digital and Innovation Judy Messina is a well-known and respected healthcare writer and editor. After starting her career in banking, Judy shifted to reporting over 20 years ago starting with a local paper before moving to Crain’s New York Business. At Crain’s, Judy ...
05.17.2014 62: James Koeninger: Leading America's Youth to Careers In Health Dr. James Koeninger has 45 years of experience in public education, higher education, corporate training and development, association management and strategic partnerships between government and corporations. As the Executive Vice President of Jobs for America’s Graduates, he and the Texas-based ...
05.16.2014 61: Dan Lambert: Entrepreneur Improving Health Education Dan Lambert is the CEO of boardvitals.com, an Education Technology company focused on improving Physician Training. He is an experienced software developer and holds over fifteen software and telecom patents. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 2011, Dan co-founded ...
05.16.2014 60: Deborah Scharf: Leading Mental Health Professional Working To Improve the System Dr. Deborah Scharf is a clinical health psychologist and behavioral and social scientist at the RAND Corporation. She also is a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Her work addresses issues related to tobacco use, treatment, and policy; innovations ...
05.14.2014 59: Daniel Lieber: Entrepreneur Using Genetics to Unlock the Underpinnings of Disease and to Drive Personalized Medicine Daniel Lieber is a research scientist and an entrepreneur. He completed his PhD in Systems Biology from Harvard University where he studied mitochondrial metabolism and bacterial genomics. There, he integrated computational and experimental methods to discover the function of uncharacterized ...
05.13.2014 58: Thomas Smalling: Respiratory Care Leader Talks Health Issues and Accreditation Dr. Thomas Smalling serves as Executive Director of the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) where he is responsible for the overall leadership and management of the organization and all aspects of the corporation’s operations. He has worked in ...
05.12.2014 57: Victor Wang: Incredible Entrepreneur Providing Innovative Solutions For Alzheimer's and Senior Care Victor Wang grew up pushing the boundaries of computerized science. Starting at age 6 when he was programming role-playing games for MS-DOS, Victor never turned back. He received a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of British Columbia, majoring ...
05.11.2014 56: Kathryn Harris: Student Leader and Aspiring Physical Therapist Discusses Major Gaps in Health Kathryn Harris is a third year Doctorate of Physical Therapy student at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and is scheduled to graduate in May 2014. She has a bachelors of science degree in Health and Exercise Science from ...
05.10.2014 55: Ed Sequine: Health Pioneer Using Electronic Medical Records Solutions to Improve Clinical Trials Edward Seguine is the CEO of Clinical Ink, a pioneer in the development of electronic source record solutions for clinical research. Prior to Clinical Ink, Mr. Seguine was the General Manager of Medidata’s Trial Planning product suite after serving as ...
05.09.2014 54: Gil Addo: Entrepreneur Working to Improve Health Gil Addo has been involved with health in a few different areas and has amassed years of experience in both healthcare delivery and information technology. Over the last few years, he worked at Putnam Associates, a pharma consultancy, where he ...
05.08.2014 Topic Update 5: Robotics and Health Care This specific topic update is on robotics and health. Robots are a prominent feature of contemporary life. They are used in many fields, including industry, medicine, agriculture, and the military. This podcast is about the use of robots in health ...
05.08.2014 53: William Ashton: Long-Time Pharmaceutical Executive Discusses Health's Greatest Challenges Today William Ashton is a former Fortune 100 senior executive with more than 28 years experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. He retired as a Vice President at Amgen, the world’s largest biotechnology firm. He then joined the University of ...
05.07.2014 52: Terry McManus: Helping Those With Disabilities By Connecting Services and Expertise Terry McManus spent almost 20 years in the banking and investment advisory business, working for Fifth Third Bank and the US Bank. There, he led a myriad of responsibilities including asset management and wealth planning. Terry has also worked for ...
05.06.2014 51: Allison Sklarew: Leading Teen Advocate With Heart Transplant Tells Her Story on Health Allison Sklarew is an American teenager and high school student who lives with her family in Maryland, right outside Washington, DC. Unlike many prominent guests in this podcast series, she does not have an impressive professional resume, but it is ...
05.05.2014 50: Paloma Luisi: At The Intersection of Health and Technology Seeking to Improve The System Paloma Luisi serves as Manager, Research & Evaluation at HITLAB. Her work focuses on leading research projects that aim to evaluate new technologies or ideas. She uses her passion for research to develop appropriate, and oftentimes innovative methodologies, to study ...
05.04.2014 49: Dr. Gary Sayed: Professor, Physician, Leading International Voice in Health Dr. Gary Sayed is a professor of radiology at Alfaisal University College of Medicine and Director of the Molecular and Functional Imaging Laboratory at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Prior to his current ...
05.03.2014 48: Molly Lindquist: Mom and Breast Cancer Survivor Paving New Ground in Supporting Research Molly Lindquist is a leading patient advocate and founder of Consano, a crowdfunding platform for medical research. Molly has a long history of professional work. After graduating from Stanford with a degree in economics, she worked as an investment banking ...
05.02.2014 47: Attorney Michael Morris: Improving Health By Giving Back To A Community In Need Michael Morris is a native of Lawrence Massachusetts, a city 25-miles north of Boston whose residents experienced many hardships that affect their health after its principal industry—the production of woolen textiles—shut down permanently. He is a product of the Lawrence ...
05.01.2014 46: Dr. Blaine Warkentine: Physician Entrepreneur Leading Innovation and Technology Advancement in Health Dr. Blaine Warkentine is a true leader in health who has been involved in multiple different elements of the industry. A Physician-entrepreneur, Blaine's most recent endeavor is called Vimty, which focuses on end of life care planning. Prior to his ...
04.30.2014 45: Ashley Mason: Dedicating Her Career To Improving Wellness and Nutrition Ashley Mason manages the wellness program for Massachusetts State employees. She spends her days traveling across the state delivering lunchtime seminars on wellness topics; meeting with Wellness Champions and other interested employees at each agency; and developing onsite programming, including ...
04.29.2014 44: Dr. Destry Sulkes: Transforming Health Through Big Data, Analytics, and Education Dr. Destry Sulkes has held executive positions in healthcare IT settings for over 15 years, including roles as Managing Director at Medsn, Inc., since acquired by Indegene, Managing Director at MedsiteCME, a subsidiary of Medsite, Inc., and Vice President of ...
04.28.2014 43: Ann Battrell: Oral Health Care Expert and Leader Ann Battrell is Executive Director of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association, a position she has held since 2005. Prior to doing so, she served in other key positions for that organization, beginning in the year 2000. Her background includes experience ...

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